Nov 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
All of the state forests in Virginia are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and American Tree Farm System standards. The Virginia Department of Forestry says that covers more than 68,000 acres across the Commonwealth. The state forest system gets no...
Jul 18, 2018 | News, News/PR
Virginia set a new record for the volume of timber harvested with slight increases in both hardwood and softwood volume compared to the previous year, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry’s analysis of the Virginia Forest Products Tax receipts from Fiscal...
Jul 11, 2018 | News, News/PR
Mountain Top Timber Products will invest $3.76 million in a long-abandoned industrial building in Dungannon to expand the company’s woodchipping operations and add a sawmill and dry kiln capacity. Over the next three years, the company expects to create 50 jobs and...
Mar 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
Friday’s high winds caused several fires across the state. Since Friday, Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) firefighters responded to 127 fires that covered about 690 acres across the state. Forestry crews say the largest fire covered more than 302 acres....
Jan 31, 2018 | News, News/PR
Dry conditions in our area are making it dangerous. Farmers said they are seeing the impacts of the drought due to the continued dry and dead grass and windy conditions. “We are in relatively high drought conditions in the Southside, Pittsylvania County in...
